By Hamutal Dotan

Long strike feared as city bakes (Toronto Star): “Make serious progress on a deal by this weekend, or settle in for a long, bitter strike. That’s the outlook from both the City of Toronto and Canadian Union of Public Employees, whose 30,000 city workers walked off the job at midnight Monday.” [More coverage in the Globe and Mail and the National Post.]
Miller scrambles to save new streetcars (Toronto Star): “Mayor David Miller is considering calling a special city council meeting to find a way to save the Bombardier streetcar deal, after failing to wring money out of Ottawa for the $1.2 billion project. The proposed contract expires Saturday. Council approved the deal for the new TTC streetcars on the condition that the funding be split equally among the three levels of governments. ”
Road tolls still on table, Metrolinx’s Prichard insists (National Post): “The man who heads the GTA’s regional transportation agency lamented today that road tolls and similar measures are politically ‘radioactive,’ and insisted they must be considered.”
Sugary sodas to stay in Toronto schools—for now (Globe and Mail): ” The Toronto District School Board voted to spare the district’s 560 pop-vending machines, extending its contract with Pepsi Canada for another year while the board figures out where it stands when it comes to selling soda to students.”
Filmport to announce new investors (Globe and Mail): “A deal to confirm the proposed new investors in Toronto’s largest film studio is expected to be announced at a news conference Thursday. The renowned British film studio, Pinewood Shepperton, is set to take over management of Toronto Filmport. Its restructuring earlier this year stirred controversy when the city stepped in as a 20 per cent shareholder.”
Roméo LeBlanc, former governor general, dies at 81 (CBC): “Roméo LeBlanc, the former governor general, died Wednesday morning in his home in southeastern New Brunswick after a lengthy illness. He was 81… LeBlanc was a longtime Liberal MP, cabinet minister and then senator before being named Canada’s 25th governor general.”